How To Use Drubbing In A Sentence
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Council sporting officials thought children could be psychologically damaged by the trauma of an ignominious drubbing at the hands of more gifted players.
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In 1999, Crowley repeated the feat, this time drubbing Collins.
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They have won three league matches in a row since their 5-2 home drubbing by Morecambe.
The Sun
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We gave the Japanese team a good drubbing.
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Past governments might have ignored the ruckus, but the ruling coalition had suffered a nasty drubbing in last month's polls for parliament's lower house.
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Whenever I go to London I pass by the site of the Battle of the Thames, where Tecumseh died and we administered a drubbing to you chaps.
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How about the regular drubbing the band gets in the press?
Times, Sunday Times
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He played more than 170 games for the Clarets, with his only senior goal coincidentally coming against City in a 7-2 drubbing in January 1998.
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Owen Coyle will doubtless still be hurting from the unforeseen and largely inexplicable events at Wembley last Sunday, though at least he may be permitted to regard the 5-0 drubbing as an aberration in an otherwise smooth-running season.
Arsène Wenger is threatening to become part of Premier League's past | Paul Wilson
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Malaysia Sports School started their campaign with a 6-0 drubbing of their juniors and then defeated former champions Malacca MC 4-1.
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I must say that he's looking a bit peaky after the drubbing he's had over his law partnership.
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What is going to be the response to the critical drubbing of the Matrix sequels?
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He said what is important from his perspective is that Republicans, especially in the wake of what he called the drubbing that Republicans got in the election, that there be a fresh face.
CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2006
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Kandia's young reserves managed half that tally, drubbing their Empire opponents 5-1.
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Bucks, who are already tipped as favourites to win the prestigious league title after a recent impressive run, face a side which embarrassed them with a 2-0 drubbing in the first round in Cape Town.
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Yes, Obama is still Commander in Chief, and yes, the U.S. remains the world's sole superpower, but while foreign policy played nary a role in the midterm elections, the foreign policy fallout from the election drubbing is unavoidable.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Post Election Foreign Policy Hangover
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The 49-3 defeat at Murrayfield in 1990 was on a par with a 51-0 drubbing received at the hands of the English seven days earlier.
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McCall travelled with Airdrie this time last year and inflicted a 6-1 drubbing.
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Chuck, always a gamer, hits the slopes again and gets another drubbing.
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But in today's vacuum of cinematic debate, The Brown Bunny seems hopelessly naïve, which is part of the reason for its critical drubbing.
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For his efforts he was given a drubbing by the left who said his work lacked ‘scientific evidence’ and was ‘misleading’, perhaps ‘wilfully so’.
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She's been the hottest skip on the ice this week and impressed me from the get-go with her opening match drubbing of Team Canada.
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Won't we give them a drubbing.
Times, Sunday Times
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Labour was left marooned yesterday after it suffered a drubbing in Scotland but avoided catastrophic defeat in polls elsewhere.
Times, Sunday Times
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But it was given a sound drubbing and was headed to political oblivion, picking up less than 2% of the vote, results showed.
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Apparently, back in 1987, the original Metal Gear was an MSX2 exclusive, because Konami wanted to support the struggling underdog system as it was getting a drubbing from the Famicom.
Archive 2008-06-01
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Despite the drubbing they received at Kolkata, the visitors must be nursing big hopes of squaring the series here.
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The midterm drubbing for the Democrats masks the many encouraging auguries for the president
Why Barack Obama is looking good for a second term in 2012
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The drubbing is so complete that any filmmaker with even a shred of dignity would never pick up a camera without mounting a serious counter rebuttal.
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Goals from Halliday and Broadbent gave Bishopthorpe a 2-0 win over York Nomads in midweek, but that was followed by a 7-1 drubbing by Samson.
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After taking a drubbing last year, emerging markets fared particularly well.
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Voters gave them a drubbing.
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Their campaign plunged to new lows after the loss in Athens and the home drubbing by Liverpool.
The Sun
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Scotland give Spain a 3-1 drubbing, Maurice Johnstone netting a brace and Kenny Dalglish firing one of his best international goals.
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Here's the reason Obama is so serene about his party taking a midterm drubbing: "If Democrats lose control of one or both houses, Obama will have an easier time in 2012, just as Bill Clinton used Newt Gingrich as the foil for his 1996 reelection campaign.
Fact And Comment
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Johnson's promised fuller analysis is now in development, with a Telegraph column suggesting that something subtler than police "sjambok drubbings" may be required.
London's missing dimension – serenity | Dave Hill
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But perhaps long hours in traffic are increasingly likely, given the drubbing that congestion charging took in recent elections.
Times, Sunday Times
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Defeats have become almost commonplace, the latest of which was a 5-1 drubbing against Bristol City on Tuesday night.
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After all, it took a drubbing in the last local council elections and lost control for the first time in years.
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There was never a hint of the 7-0 drubbing that Clitheroe handed out to their opponents in April, as the visitors found themselves 3-0 in front with less than an hour played.
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They will be hoping to produce the form that saw Spurs get a 4-0 drubbing on their own patch and this should be a cracking match.
The Sun
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The Wildcats conceded 40 points just once this season - a 40-6 Belle Vue drubbing at the hand of the Bulls in round three.
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They often get a drubbing from the critics.
Times, Sunday Times
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It has taken a drubbing for all the little things that don't quite work.
Times, Sunday Times
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For a man who said he had to " take direct responsibility" for voter frustration that lead to the 2010 mid-term drubbing and that Americans are " tired of the talk," President Obama sure does spend a lot of time blaming everyone else for the results of his leadership.
Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
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Duncan Fletcher, England's coach, has called for calm after England's embarrassing drubbings in the last two NatWest Series matches.
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It has taken a drubbing from analysts who say its labor costs are too high.
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Obama is rebounding from his party's midterm drubbing with the kind of lame-duck victories any White House would want.
Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
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Some take the verbal drubbings in stride.
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Nottingham Forest got/received/took a severe drubbing at the hands of Manchester United.
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According to figures released on Friday, US consumer sentiment tumbled in early July as the stock market drubbing soured Americans' expectations.
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He is despised by the overwhelming majority of the population, and most of them will secretly cheer if he gets a drubbing at the hands of the protestors.
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Edmondson missed last Saturday's 4-0 drubbing at Cardiff with a calf-strain and his steely determination was sorely missed by City.
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We have shown that handrubbing with an alcohol based solution is more effective than handwashing with an antiseptic soap in reducing bacterial contamination of healthcare workers' hands during routine patient care.
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En route to the final, Japan had scored 46 goals from 4 matches, including a 21-0 drubbing of Sri Lanka.
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Following closely on the Dutchmen's heels are the Czech Republic, who remain one point behind following a resounding 6-1 drubbing of Macedonia.
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Their relationship then collapsed under the weight of critical drubbings.
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Nottingham Forest got/received/took a severe drubbing at the hands of Manchester United.
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These two films took a critical drubbing from some of the more thoughtful critics, but I think they have been undervalued.
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For those survivors of the 43-3 drubbing in London two years ago, there is a real chance of some sort of redemption.
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The book endured its share of critical drubbings as well, including a review from The London Times that claimed the book would only appeal to readers with strong hearts and weak intellects.
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The Shrimps recorded a 2-1 win over Fleet - and that wiped away the nightmare of last season's 6-0 drubbing at Stonebridge Road.
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His drubbing by Chirac was soon eclipsed by even more extraordinary developments in the Netherlands.
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Tony Spencer has been on the field for every Broncos match since the club's 44-10 drubbing of Manly in their NRL debut in 1988.
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Danske Bank, which calls the krona the month's worst-performing major currency, says the drubbing is exaggerated.
Sweden's Krona Is Victim of Investors' Nerves
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Three days earlier Angela Merkel's coalition government got a drubbing in state elections in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
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York Wasps will be looking to bounce back from Friday's drubbing at Doncaster to end Keighley Cougars' seven-match winning run at Huntington Stadium today.
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When it first opened, it got a critical drubbing, but after learning some lessons in hospitality, it's earned a second chance.
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The first motivating force was the critical drubbing that 2002's Come With Us album received.